There, Hod explained that while it’s true that Israel is a heavily armed nation, it also has some of the strictest gun-control laws in the world.

“It’s interesting,” Hod said. “You go to Israel and you do see a lot of guns. But if you’re not aware of the fact that these are all soldiers — even the people who are wearing civilian clothes are probably off duty — then you don’t realize that if you’re a regular citizen you can’t get a gun in Israel, it’s very, very hard.”

Despite an abundance of guns on any given Israeli street, outside of terrorist attacks, Israel has had one mass shooting: in 2013, a man killed four Israelis in a bank before turning the gun on himself.

“I thought about the day that I received my first assault rifle. I was an 18-year-old kid, very scrawny… and was handed this Galil, which is sort of like an AK-47,” Hod said. “And the first thing they tell you when they hand you the weapon is: ‘Lose it and you’ll go to prison for a long, long time.”

Hod explained that the IDF’s scare tactics are by design. Lost guns can and do end up in the hands of terrorists.

“Since the IDF I’ve lost more iPhones than I can remember, I probably locked myself out of every single apartment I’ve ever lived in,” Hod added. “You have to be very careful about where you leave your weapon because it can actually hurt other citizens if you don’t.”

Watch Hod’s full interview with HLN in the video above.

Mass Shootings in America That Horrified All of Us (Photos)

Newtown, Conn. - On December 14, 2012, 20-year-old Adam Lanza fatally shot 20 children at Sandy Hook Elementary School. They were between the ages of six and seven years old. He also killed six adult staff members.

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Washington D.C. — A former Navy reservist shot and killed 12 people on September 16, 2013, at a military facility. The gunman was killed.

Waco, Tex. - Nine people were killed and many more were injured after two biker gangs began firing at each other at a motorcycle club on May 17, 2015.

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Charleston, S.C. - Dylann Roof shot and killed nine people during a racially motivated shooting in a predominantly African-American church on June 17, 2015.

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Chattanooga, Tenn. - A gunman named Mohammod Youssuf Abdulazeez entered two military facilities on July 16, 2015, and killed four Marines and injured others, before he was killed.

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Umpqua, Ore. - On October 1, 2015, Chris Harper Mercer killed nine people and injured seven to nine more at Umpqua Community College before two police officers shot him. Mercer then committed suicide.

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San Bernardino, Calif. - 14 people were killed and another 21 injured after Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik opened fire during a holiday party on December 2, 2015. The pair were later killed during a shootout with police.

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Orlando, Fla. - 50 people were killed and 53 wounded on June 11, 2016, at Pulse, a gay nightclub. Just before the shooting, suspected killer Omar Mateen called 911 and pledged his allegiance to the terror group ISIS. Mateen was also shot an killed by police on the scene.

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TheWrap looks back at recent mass shootings that have happened on U.S. soil

Newtown, Conn. - On December 14, 2012, 20-year-old Adam Lanza fatally shot 20 children at Sandy Hook Elementary School. They were between the ages of six and seven years old. He also killed six adult staff members.